Jeep Cherokee Autopsy results

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So I get this Cherokee (not Franks!! lol)....almost free...knocking like crazy,smoking like a train,but RUNNING!......after we pulled the motor ,I took it apart.....first picture shows #5 "normal"....second shows #6 piston sideways in the cylinder,wrist pin ripped off....and an oil pan full of steel spaghetti....
normal cylinder.webp
#6 blownup.webp
 
Before we judge mopar too harshly you gotta know it had 228,000 miles and was being red-lined in a mud hole with bald tires when this happened........thought you guys might enjoy these pics;)
jeep spaghetti.webp
shattered piston.webp
 
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